It’s Free-For-All Friday at Killer Chicks, and the question of the day is:
If you were going to kill somebody, what weapon would you choose?
We’re dying to know (pun intended). So hop on over to Killer Chicks and tell us what your scary little mind is thinking.
On a more serious note…
It’s been a really interesting week. I ended up changing three characters’ names in CREEP. I know! You’d think it’d be a little late for that, right? But I got to thinking. One character shares the last name of an entire family of Steve’s relatives (I honestly didn’t notice till I was re-reading my manuscript on the Kindle last weekend), another character shares the surname of an old friend (Steve caught this), and the third name references somebody famous (won’t tell you who). So I asked my editor about it, and while she didn’t think it was anything to be super concerned about, we agreed that maybe name changes were in order just to be on the safe side.
Surprisingly, the name changes don’t bother me at all. And I’m the Queen of Getting Really Attached To My Characters Just As I Originally Wrote Them. Though I’ll probably forget and refer to the characters by their old names and confuse people.
I also heard from my editor about other exciting things that are going on with the book… but I’ll save that for Monday’s Status Check on the Killer Chicks blog.
Another week full of WIN. Surely this can’t last.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Glad you're having a great week. Savor it while it lasts. I will say prayers that your book soars right up to bestseller status. Roland
Yay! Another awesome week! Can't wait to hear your news on Monday.
Um, this week I realized the book I have out to agents has a Charlene, a Darlene and a Marlene…what the hell was I thinking?
Can't wait to hear your Monday news!
I wish I could remember the name of the author that I heard speaking recently about an absolutely horrid female character in his first book that he made no attempt to disguise. She was based on his ex-wife. His agent said to her "there are no redeeming qualities in this character." He replied, "I know. There were no redeeming qualities in that woman!" He wanted her to know it was her. He refused to change her first name. Personally, I would have found that flattering no matter how you portrayed me because you're still obviously unable to get me out of your head. 😉
Glad to read that your Kindle is serving you well. Here's a totally "noob" question: How do you transfer your documents to this gizmo? Does Amazon retain any rights to them, whatsoever? Just curious…
Hey Milo,
You can transfer personal documents by emailing them as an attachment to yourself to: YourAmazonUserName@free.kindle.com. This is assuming your Kindle is already registered to your Amazon account (which it automatically is once you purchase it).
More details here: Sending Personal Documents To Kindle
No, Amazon should not have any rights to them. The documents can only be viewed on your personal Kindle device, and nowhere else.
I get attached to character names as well. It's part of their whole identity! It's so difficult to change them.